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Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/doc



On Aug 20,  9:13pm, obache%netbsd.org@localhost ("OBATA Akio") wrote:
-- Subject: Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/doc

| On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:22:12 +0900, Christos Zoulas 
<christos%zoulas.com@localhost> wrote:
| 
| > On Aug 20,  5:50pm, obache%netbsd.org@localhost ("OBATA Akio") wrote:
| > -- Subject: Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/doc
| >
| > | And what is the security issue, wireshark-1.8.2 fixes but 1.6.10 not?
| >
| >> From the website:
| >
| > The current stable release of Wireshark is 1.8.2. It supersedes
| > all previous releases, including all releases of Ethereal. You can
| > also download the latest development release (1.8.0rc2) and
| > documentation.
| 
|  From the website:
| 1.6.10 and 1.8.2 was released at the same time:
|   http://www.wireshark.org/news/20120815.html
| 
| Anyway, you missed what I want to know.
| What is the security issue fixed by updated to 1.8.2?
| As a member of pkgsrc-security team, we are not currently tracking
| security issues resolved by 1.8.2 but 1.6.10 not (except
| vulnerabilities only affect to 1.8.x branch).

If they were released at the same time, my guess is that they would contain
the same security fixes. Do you mean that you prefer to keep tracking 1.6?

christos



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